Stop Playing Telephone With Production.

We put a rover on Mars. I bet your services still need a hardcoded IP to say "hello world". Somewhere right now, a senior engineer is grepping through YAML files to find out why Service A can't talk to Service B. The answer is in an…

API Gateways are the best

I Love a Simple API Gateway Service Are they necessary? No. Are they simple to set up? Yes. Will I defend this hill? Only because I already built a small fortress on it and I'm not hauling those sandbags back down. I don't always use them.…

I Earned the Carnegie Medal For Best Dad.

Presented to me for services performed from 2006-Current. I’m still in service. My wife and the kids know what they will endure, sustain, and embrace when I’m around. Sure, they always ignore the fine print, but it is there. I’m the guy whose hand drifts toward the…

Thought Leadership Is Bullshit

Thought Leadership is karaoke nobody asked for. I've decided to become a Thought Leader. Step 1: Start every post with "Unpopular opinion:" even though 47,000 people said the exact same thing this week. Step 2: Share my "framework" for success. It's…

ZooTopia 2

Went to Zootopia 2 expecting silly popcorn nonsense. Left emotionally compromised by cartoon mammals. When the credits rolled I wanted to stay and watch it three more times. That's not normal. That's not how kids movies are supposed to work. 10 out of 10 happy snakes…

Nefarious

Nefarious is a rollercoaster. Not because it takes you somewhere. Because you get on thinking you know what ride this is, and then the floor disappears. Two people talking in a room. That's it. The darkness here isn't aesthetic. It's structural. You're…

I Invented Facebook in 1997. Then I shut it down

I've never had a good answer for "why I'm in software engineering." It's like asking why breathing is awesome. In 1994 I found Geocities, Perl and Javascript. These combined, was a dopamine hit of instant creation. I built for fun. Then for…

2.5 Of 5 Senses Don't Work

Since my accident and rehab, my vision was wrecked, my hearing in one ear was down to ~30%, and my taste and smell were gone. My vision healed and came back to 20/20 within about 6 to 7 months. I was told that although surgery could be performed on…

I Wrote Another Book!

A study put out by "Jake Toolson University" cites that "..being predictable is boring." - 1981, LIFE. In an interview conducted with their chief DGAF, Jake Toolson.. . Actually, he walked away from the interview. The people with answers are usually selling something. Stop being boring ❤️ Jake…

Cheaper Than A Divorce

"Him paying you to not sue him is probably cheaper than a divorce" someone said. Apparently a lot of divorce talks were happening, according to neighbors. Perhaps related to the multiple times cops were at their house. "If we pay you, will this be done?!" his…